As the title suggested, it will be my first road trip/ cross country driving or whatever it will be. As you may already guessed, I am not quite comfortable driving that long, but I have to drive back to Vegas because of relocation.

So please, I really need some advice...

What is the best route, in terms of easiness/safety and possibly fun, to drive?
I would like to stop in some major cities if time allowed. I am planning to complete the course within a week if possible five days ( I know...but I have to get back to school in time..><") There will be two people driving.

Generally speaking...is it safe and easy to drive at all? I would really prefer to stay away from some deserted road because I heard there will be sections that has completely nothing in hundreds of miles.

Easier Than You Might Think

Welcome aboard the RoadTrip America Forums!

As it happens, your simplest and safest route does consist of about half a dozen roads, not bad for a "*nearly* cross continent" drive. Start out on the Florida Turnpike, then I-75 to Atlanta. There take I-20 west to Birmingham, AL and US-78 to Memphis. At this point most of your navigation is done and you just get on I-40 west all the way across AK, OK, TX, NM and AZ to Kingman, AZ and finish up with US-93 into Las Vegas.

That's just a shade over 2400 miles, so if you keep up our recommended pace for long term driving of 500-550 miles per day you can cover it in 5 days, or stop in some cities en route. Major cities on your way would include Atlanta, Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, and Albuquerque. Nowhere on this drive will you be on a road with "completely nothing in hundreds of miles" and hundreds of hundreds of thousands of people do this every day.